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2* Zeus' strongest attribute is considered his adaptive operating system, which allows him to adapt to his enemy's fighting style. Throughout the film, Charlie shows a knack for predicting and adapting to his opponent's moves. Combined with Atom's natural durability, this makes it a perfect match for Zeus.
3** The displays on Zeus' console were made of SoftGlass that allowed Tak to punch through one without obvious injury. He may have realized at some point that at least one operator would do the same out of frustration and tweaked his design to accommodate that. That ''he'' would be the one punching was probably an ironic coincidence.]
4*** The real fridge brilliance of that is how the display has to work. It's completely see through but displays graphics. This means that there has to be a luminescent film between two panes of glass. If the film is designed properly, it would easily allow for the glass to act like safety glass used in cars, allowing for it to crumble into small, safe pieces that are easy to clean up and can't cause much injuries.
5** Zeus' other main attribute is that he hits fast and hard, blitzing through every opponent with terrifying ease, but won't last when stalled. Atom's main strength lies in extreme durability, which can withstand just about every attack, and it's the first thing that Charlie mentions when he sees Atom fighting. Atom is essentially the perfect anti-Zeus robot.
6** Kingpin's controller for Metro is modified to be worn on his arm. This seems a bit odd at first, but then notice that Metro's primary means of offense is the sledgehammer on his arm. The modification is probably done to make the sledgehammer easier to control.
7* Max uses Atom's Shadow function to make him dance before fights. Many boxers and other athletes take dance and ballet classes in their off time because it helps with their speed, agility, and concentration. By teaching him how to dance Max also contributes to one of Atom's greatest strengths, his speed and maneuverability due to his small size.
8* Zeus' running out of power at the end makes sense when you realize that Zeus seems prioritized to deal out ''incredibly'' powerful attacks to destroy opponents. The power for those attacks has to come from somewhere. In other words, he has to trade out battery life for greater impact, similar to how real life Slugger style boxers expend more energy for stronger blows to achieve a fast victory. High risk and high reward.
9* When Charlie activates the Shadow function to take on Zeus after his voice control gets broken, the commentators deride it as a desperation tactic that will likely not work. This might be because few are aware of Charlie being a former boxer and his opponents lack his expertise. His tactics and experience allow him to make the most of Atom's shadow function.
10** In addition to above, many have wondered if after the events that other robot fighters would bring in former boxers to help with countering Atom if he continues on his official robot fighting league career since Charlie is seen using the Shadow function during the final fight. However, people forget that Bailey states that the Shadow function is a rare feature, even for a Generation 2 sparing bot. That means that, as far as we know, no other robot has that feature. And given that Charlie and Ricky are the only two former boxers we've seen in the film, it's hard to know how many former boxers still exist in the world of the story and who are still in somewhat good health, considering the possible issue of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE, aka Boxer's Dementia), as mentioned under the HarsherInHindsight segment of the YMMV page. So, the combination of the two makes Atom and Charlie's team-up a rarity within the world of the story and might not be able to be replicated as many people suspect.

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